10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUACCO»
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squacco in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Birds of the Middle East
Very similar to Squacco Heron; often feeds in open. Readily separable in
breeding plumage by dark maroon back, unstreaked yellowish-buffto buff-brown
crown and hindneck, white nape plumes (crown and hindneck streaked blackish,
white ...
Richard Porter, Simon Aspinall, 2010
A Squacco Heron foraging. 1978). This last method is very effective in catching
frogs which are the major prey items of Squacco Herons. They are generally
solitary feeders. However, when an area is very rich in prey, many individuals
may fish ...
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The Handbook of Bird Identification: For Europe and the ...
SQUACCO. HERON. Ardeola. ralloides. IDENTIFICATION Small, stocky, warm
buff and vinaceous (adult summer) or brownish-looking heron at rest,
dramatically transformed in flight into a largely white bird with buffish or brownish
head, neck ...
Mark Beaman, Steve Madge, 2010
The squacco heron is a migrant, wintering in Africa. It is rare north of its breeding range. This is a stocky species with a short neck, short thick bill and buff-brown back. In summer, adults have long neck feathers.
Philippe Valentin Giffard, 2012
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Birds of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, ...
... Djibouti, Somalia and Socotra Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson, John
Fanshawe. SMALLER HERONS Varied group of smaller short-legged herons
which, with the exception of the Squacco and the pond herons, are all easily
identified.
Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe, 2009
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The Birds of Africa: Volume VIII: The Malagasy Region: ...
Compared to Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides, slightly larger and stockier. In
flight, 4 outer, longest primaries nearly equal in length producing blunt, square-
cut wing-tips; second primary from outside longest in Squacco Heron, giving
more ...
Roger Safford, Frank Hawkins, 2013
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The Birds of Africa: Volume VIII: The Malagasy Region: ...
Compared to Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides, slightly larger and stockier. In
flight, 4 outer, longest primaries nearly equal in length producing blunt, square-
cut wing-tips; second primary from outside longest in Squacco Heron, giving
more ...
Roger Safford, Frank Hawkins, 2013
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Coloured illustrations of British birds and their eggs
In Sclavonia there is hardly a herd of swine without one or more of the Squacco
Herons being of the party : it also associates with cows and sheep, which shews
that the bird must be partial to cattle. It is said at times to be seen perched in a
tree ...
Henry Leonard Meyer, 1847
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Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
SMALLER HERONS Varied group of smaller short-legged herons which, with the
exception of the squacco herons, are all easily identified. Sexes alike, immatures
generally similar to non-breeding adults. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 56cm, 22” ...
Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe, 2004
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The Sportsman's British Bird Book
Squacco Heron The small heron commonly known in Europe by the (Ardcola
ralloidwi ugly name of squacco heron belon§s to a group of four or five species
whose Indian representatives are more euphoniously termed pond-herons.
Although ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUACCO»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
squacco is used in the context of the following news items.
Squacco Heron + Cattle Egret!
De erfgrens is afgescheiden door een mooi stukje groen en je ziet nu alleen maar de buren naar elkaar gluren. De Squacco Heron en de Cattle Egret hebben ... «Columbusmagazine, Jul 15»
Zo vist een Squacco Heron!
Goede camouflage om een lekker hapje te scoren is om je vleugels te spreiden en een schaduw op te werpen. kikkertjes, salamanders visjes komen daar op af ... «Columbusmagazine, Jul 15»
Bird Notes: Mediterranean visitor the Squacco Heron drops into …
A Squacco Heron, a Mediterranean visitor, dropped into Anglesey's Cemlyn Bay, but its visit was as brief as our summer, and it hasn't been spotted since. «Daily Post North Wales, Jul 15»
Bala RFC calls on public support in NatWest rugby pitch makeover …
Bird Notes: Mediterranean visitor the Squacco Heron drops into Anglesey's ... A Squacco Heron, a Mediterranean visitor, dropped into Anglesey's Cemlyn Bay. «Daily Post North Wales, Jun 15»
VIDEO: Rare heron stops off at RSPB Saltholme
The squacco heron has been seen at RSPB Saltholme, near Seaton Carew on Teesside. More normally associated with the Mediterranean or Middle East it is ... «The Northern Echo, Jun 15»
Attenborough Nature Reserve concerns over rare bird egg 'thief'
The reserve has been home to rare species like the white-winged black tern, the squacco heron and bitterns. Egg collectors face sentences of up to six months ... «BBC News, May 15»
Tim Sexton: Night heron is a first for Attenborough
... visitors over the last ten years including squacco and purple heron alongside egrets such as the cattle egret, great-white egret and more commonly; little egret. «Nottingham Post, May 15»
The Best Place in the World to See Wildlife
On one hillock by a watering hole I saw, in a single binocular view, yellow-billed storks, openbill storks, a slaty egret, a squacco heron, a sacred ibis, and a ... «TakePart, Aug 14»
Five of the best safari camps in Botswana
One of the great thrills here is to cut through the water channels following squacco herons that power ahead like Top Gun pilots. Although the camp has an ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
Get some fresh air in Turkey's national parks
... including common herons, night-herons, purple-herons, squacco herons, little egrets and spoonbills in the trees. Two different species of pelicans, Dalmationa ... «Daily Sabah, May 14»
